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31 07, 2014

DOCSIS 3.0 Upstream and Downstream Channel Bonding

Mia Colabrese2021-08-13T16:08:00-04:00July 31st, 2014|

DOCSIS 3.0 Upstream and Downstream Bonding have many advantages Hosted by Brady Volpe of the Volpe Firm with guest John Downey of Cisco. DOCSIS 3.0 Upstream and Downstream Bonding have many Advantages. For example: DOCSIS Upstream and Downstream Pro's and Con's: DOCSIS Cable Modem service flows Partial service DOCSIS Downstream resilience Why Downstream goes bad - ingress, headend issues, household issues, off air ingress More frequencies / spectrum means more space for issues How Cable Modems chooses it's primary channel T3 timeouts Pre-equalization benefits Diplex filter uses Dynamic

28 07, 2014

DOCSIS Channel Bonding Episode 3

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T09:36:58-04:00July 28th, 2014|

DOCSIS 3.0 Channel Bonding – Your Questions Answered Episode 3 Hosted by Brady Volpe of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This with Guest John Downey of Cisco. Brady and John will discuss the many advantages and disadvantages of DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding. When everything is operating properly, we have great advantages for modem speed and operation at the expense of allocating more spectrum for more DOCSIS 3.0 channels. When things are not going well, we may not be aware or we may not have the expertise to troubleshoot the situation or even

25 07, 2014

DOCSIS Pre-Equalization Part Two Episode 2

Mia Colabrese2021-08-13T16:01:47-04:00July 25th, 2014|

DOCSIS Pre-Equalization (Pre-Eq) and Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) Part 2 Episode 2 Hosted by Brady Volpe of The Volpe Firm with guest John Downey of Cisco. Episode 2 we will cover how DOCSIS pre-equalization data can be used to identify upstream impairments through Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM) and why this is valuable to a cable operator. Benefits of Proactive Network Maintenance RF Problems in cable plant DOCSIS PNM - Proactive Network Maintenance Spectrum Analyzer in the CMTS Upcoming events can be seen under Broadband Events. Previous events can be seen under

23 07, 2014

DOCSIS Pre-Equalization

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T09:46:27-04:00July 23rd, 2014|

The Benefits of DOCSIS Pre-Equalization and Proactive Network Maintenance Part I Episode 1 Hosted by Brady Volpe of The Volpe Firm with guest of John Downey of Cisco. Part one covers the benefits and limitations of DOCSIS Pre-Equalization and critical features in the CMTS and how they impact Proactive Network Maintenance (PNM). The discussion is on all things DOCSIS. Tips, suggestions and recommendations. Another power hour of cable with Brady Volpe and John Downey CMTS Technical Leader at Cisco. Need answers about DOCSIS Pre-Equilization (Pre-Eq)? Everyone's talking about PNM, but you aren't

16 07, 2014

DOCSIS 3.1 Roadmap :: Past, Present and How we Get to 3.1

Mia Colabrese2014-07-16T12:24:46-04:00July 16th, 2014|

DOCSIS 3.1 Roadmap Past, Present and How we Get to 3.1 Jul 16, 2014, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST - Southern California (SoCal) SCTE Chapter Meeting If you are a member of the Southern California SCTE Chapter be sure to catch Brady's presentation on DOCSIS 3.1 today.

15 07, 2014

Software vs Hardware Solutions in Cable Industry

Mia Colabrese2022-01-07T11:39:46-05:00July 15th, 2014|

Why Software Solutions (SaaS) Should be Getting a Closer Look The cable industry is traditionally a hardware solution focused industry. In a nut shell, there are AMPs, coax and RF signals. Eventually we migrated into hardware and mixed software solutions with SNMP and the emergence of DOCSIS. Today more then ever the cable industry is seeing a larger migration towards software and cloud-based solutions including software defined networks or SDN. I often get the question which is better? Hardware is more embedded and something operators understand, you can hold it in

10 07, 2014

DOCSIS 3.1 SYMPOSIUM AT SCTE CABLE-TEC EXPO

Mia Colabrese2024-03-01T14:05:42-05:00July 10th, 2014|

Pre-Conference Symposium Monday, Sept. 22, in conjunction with SCTE Cable-Tec Expo 2014 FROM SCTE: "Scheduled from 9:00 AM until 4:30 PM at Denver’s Colorado Convention Center, the symposium is a joint presentation of SCTE and CableLabs. The event will feature four sessions each on wireless and DOCSIS 3.1. The current schedule of sessions comprises: 9:15 AM—Carrier Grade Wi-Fi Mark Poletti, Lead Wireless Architect, CableLabs 9:45 AM—Wi-Fi Analytics, Cloud and Radio Resource Management Scott Helms, Vice President of Technology, ZCorum 10:45 AM—Community Wi-Fi Vivek Ganti, System Engineer, CableLabs

3 07, 2014

DOCSIS 3.1 Checklist

Mia Colabrese2014-07-03T09:55:31-04:00July 3rd, 2014|

DOCSIS 3.1 July 10, 2014 • 12:00 p.m. ET; 9:00 a.m. PT While full-scale DOCSIS 3.1 implementations may not occur for another two years, cable operators are currently preparing their networks. In this free, live, Google Hangout, which is sponsored by VeEX, and hosted by CED, attendees will learn about how cable operators and vendors are gearing up for 3.1 rollouts. Topics include: • Update on status and timeline for DOCSIS 3.1 • Planning for growth capacity • Spectrum planning • The modulation options and their potential impact

30 06, 2014

DOCSIS 3.0 Channel Bonding – Episode 3

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T10:54:31-04:00June 30th, 2014|

DOCSIS 3.0 Channel Bonding - Your Questions Answered Brady Volpe and John Downey will discuss the many advantages and disadvantages of DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding. When everything is operating properly, we have great advantages for modem speed and operation at the expense of allocating more spectrum for more DOCSIS 3.0 channels. When things are not going well, we may not be aware or we may not have the expertise to troubleshoot the situation or even remedy the issues properly. DOCSIS 3.0 channel bonding - Upstream and Downstream bonding have

18 06, 2014

DOCSIS Channel Bonding – Your Questions Answered Friday June 20th

Mia Colabrese2021-08-17T10:58:02-04:00June 18th, 2014|

DOCSIS Channel Bonding - Your Questions Answered Presented by Brady Volpe of The Volpe Firm and Nimble This and with guest John Downey. DOCSIS Channel Bonding with a focus on Upstream (US), Downstream (DS), Partial mode, BW allocation, and SG sizing. About John - John has over 20 years in the data/telecommunications/networking industry with a 4 year BS in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University. He has been working for Cisco the last 13 years as a Broadband Network Engineer presently with the Cable and Access Business Unit (CABU).